epic fail

noun

plural epic fails

: a notable, obvious, and usually public failure

What was supposed to be a kind gesture turned into an epic fail, and now a viral video. … Morgan accidentally missed the step and faceplanted into the front door.—

97X.com

Kendall Jenner struggled to chop up a cucumber during Episode 5 of "The Kardashians," and her epic fail prompted Kris Jenner to request assistance from their chef.—

Leena Nasir

UBER's self-driving project was basically an epic fail …—

Jim Collins

… he [David Novak, former CEO of Yum Brands] talks about his epic fail: Crystal Pepsi, the clear version of Pepsi that he developed in 1992 when he was Pepsi's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales.—

Annette Franz

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Given One Important Job At Waterslide, Fails Miserably By Daniella Gray Family and Parenting Reporter 0 A New Zealand grandpa's epic fail is going viral this week, leaving the internet in stitches. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025 Revealing what an epic fail the shows had on influencing their audiences with their anti-Trump rants and jokes, 99% of partisan guests who appeared on the shows over the second half of 2024 were liberals. —

Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, Contessa reflects on the trip’s original purpose, feeling like the mission to restore bonds was an epic fail. —

Shelby Stewart, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025 But after watching Rudy Gobert’s epic fail against Luka Doncic, he should be permanently barred from DPOY. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2024 To borrow a phrase from a much earlier incarnation of the internet…epic fail. —

Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2024 Secret Service chief facing calls to resign after Trump assassination attempt Fox News contributor and former FBI special agent Nicole Parker calls the lack of security personnel at Trump's rally an 'epic fail' and reacts to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle facing pressure to resign. —

Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 15 July 2024 My team had an eventful night covering the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump that was marked by what many Democrats saw as an epic fail for Biden. —

Caren Bohan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024 A week after the end of another magical regular season, the incredible underachieving Dodgers are on the brink of another epic fail after suffering a second consecutive defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks in their best-of-five National League Division Series. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023